Paine: 352 books

In this sympathetic and poetic story two city-tired people go to the country in search of the ideal home where they can bring up a family far from the madding strife. In Connecticut they discover their hearts' desire... an old deserted house, several acres of neglected land, a brook and some tumbling...

The Sino-Japanese War of 1894–1895 is a seminal event in world history, yet it has been virtually ignored in Western literature. In the East, the focus of Chinese foreign policy has been to undo its results whereas the focus of Japanese foreign policy has been to confirm them. Japan supplanted China...

For more than 40 years, Iowa has held the first-in-the-nation presidential caucuses. A vibrant political culture has emerged as a result of this role, and Iowa voters have a unique opportunity to get to know the nation's presidential candidates as they travel the state, attend small-group meetings, and...

Mark Twain's humour has secured him a large audience not only in America and this country, but also in Germany and other Continental countries. It is the dry, incisive humour of a shrewd man of the world who, having gone through life with his eyes wide open, has cheered himself by laughing not merely...

Mark Twain's humour has secured him a large audience not only in America and this country, but also in Germany and other Continental countries. It is the dry, incisive humour of a shrewd man of the world who, having gone through life with his eyes wide open, has cheered himself by laughing not merely...

The general setting of this book is 'the story teller' who sits in a rocking chair in front of the old fireplace, with the 'Little Lady' sitting on his lap as he smokes a pipe and tells the old stories of the Hollow Tree Folk.

The Japanese experience of war from the late-nineteenth to the mid-twentieth century presents a stunning example of the meteoric rise and shattering fall of a great power. As Japan modernized and became the one non-European great power, its leaders concluded that an empire on the Asian mainland required...

This publication will teach you the basics of how to start a Pension (accommodation) Business. With step by step guides and instructions, you will not only have a better understanding, but gain valuable knowledge of how to start a Pension (accommodation) Business

Dear William Dean Howells, Joseph Hopkins Twichell, Joseph T. Goodman, and other old friends of Mark Twain

This exciting account of the life of the legendary pirate, Blackbeard (Edward Teach), is among the definitive books written on the man's life. The book traces Blackbeard's rise to prominence and infamy from his youth in England through to his untimely slaying at the hands of Robert Maynard of the British Navy.